Center for Advanced & Continuing Education

Explore what we have to offer. Open your door to a world of advanced and continuing health professions education opportunities.

An innovator in health professions education, Rutgers SHP offers a variety of opportunities for health professionals to meet their advanced and continuing education needs.  The programs and courses, which are designed to meet the diverse needs of health professionals, range from single session short-term courses to advanced certificates in specific professional areas.

Several certificates are offered jointly with other schools of Rutgers University, emphasizing inter-professional education.  Many of the advanced certificates are academically based, meaning that the credits earned towards the certificate may be applied to degree programs of the Rutgers School of Health Professions.  CEU’s are approved through the appropriate professional associations and courses are offered on-campus or online, depending upon the health professional’s needs and availability. CACE program features include:

  • Courses taught by full-time university faculty
  • The ability to earn continuing education or academic credit from the largest health sciences university of its kind in the nation
  • Opportunities to interact with health professionals from all over the country
  • The ability to earn academic credit as a non-matriculated student with the possibility of applying credit towards one of many degree programs offered by SHP

Apply now for a Certificate of Study from CACE. 

Financial Support

Rutgers‐SHP financial aid is NOT available for non‐matriculated students or CACE certificate programs.  Appropriate, authorized vouchers from third party payers (U.S. Military, employers, etc.) are accepted and must be filled with the office of Enrollment Management before the enrollment deadline.

For more information on CACE, please contact the Office of Enrollment Management at 973 972-5454 or email enrollmentservices@shp.rutgers.edu.

The Discipline Specific Program in Medical Laboratory Science is a 12-month, part time program in one of the following clinical laboratory science disciplines:

Clinical Chemistry – 18 credits
Clinical Microbiology – 17 credit
Hematology/Urinalysis – 18 credits
Immunohematology/Clinical Immunology – 18 credits
Upon completion of the coursework, students receive a certificate from Rutgers-SHP and are eligible for national certification exams in the specific clinical laboratory science discipline. Credits may be applied to the Medical Laboratory Science Program within 5 years of completion.

There is a national and regional shortage of clinical laboratory professionals and many employment opportunities are available in clinical laboratories of hospitals, commercial and reference laboratories, physician offices and health clinics and local and State public health departments.

Rutgers School of Health Professions, Department of Clinical Laboratory and Medical Imaging Sciences offers a Graduate Certificate program in Clinical Laboratory Science. For more information about the program, please click here: Graduate Certificate in Clinical Laboratory Science

Rutgers School of Health Professions, Department of Clinical Laboratory and Medical Imaging Sciences offers a certificate program in phlebotomy and specimen accessioning.

The Department will be offering the Phlebotomy Course twice a year, in the Spring and Fall. For more information about the program and to apply, please click on the Phlebotomy & Specimen Accessioning Certificate page.

The Department of Interdisciplinary Studies offers both a Masters in Health Professions Education and a graduate certificate in health professions education. Both programs are geared towards healthcare professionals who have earned a minimum of a bachelor’s degree and wish to teach in college level health professions programs.

The Certificate consists of 13 credits of health professions education courses.  Upon completion of the  Certificate program, the student will have:

  • Developed an individualized teaching portfolio
  • Designed and taught a learner-oriented lesson
  • Learned how to develop a reliable and valid tool to assess student learning
  • Learned preceptor, mentoring and feedback strategies to assess health professions students skills in a clinical setting
  • Prepared a curriculum map
  • Within the chosen curriculum, developed a course

Threaded throughout the certificate is the requirement to build an individualized Teaching Portfolio. To facilitate construction of an individualized Portfolio, certificate students will be enrolled in a Community Group where they can upload each section of their portfolio. This will allow students to review, refine, and build upon previously designed sections and will serve as a repository as they progress throughout the Certificate.

For more information, click here or contact Pamela Rothpletz-Puglia, program director.

Certificate of Applied Gerontology

For more information, click here or contact Tracy Davis, track coordinator.

For more information on the Medical Coding certificate, visit shp.rutgers.edu/health-informatics/medical-coding/

The Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation & Counseling Professions offers the following continuing education certificates:

  • Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Counseling
  • Post Master’s Certificate in Counseling

For more information about these programs, please visit the Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation & Counseling Programs website by clicking here.

Please visit the Certified Health Care ManagerTM page for more information. Please note that this program is offered through a joint-venture with the School of Management and Labor Relations – Center for HR and Leadership Development, not CACE.

Non‐matriculated status is available for individuals not currently admitted to any SHP program under the Center for Advanced & Continuing Education.  Non‐matriculated students may take up to 12 credits of course work and are not considered to be pursuing a degree.  Persons applying for non‐matriculation shall be required to:

  • Complete the SHP non‐matriculated course enrollment form – click here
  • Submit appropriate educational/licensing credentials when requested
  • Submit appropriate health documents (if applicable)
  • Pay SHP tuition and fees

Other documents may be required at the discretion of the program director or the program admissions committee.

Financial Support

Rutgers‐SHP financial aid is NOT available for non‐matriculated students or CACE certificate programs.  Appropriate, authorized vouchers from third party payers (U.S. Military, employers, etc.) are accepted and must be filled with the office of Enrollment Management before the enrollment deadline.

Available courses are listed on the non-matriculation course enrollment form. Click here for non-matriculated course information or call the Office of Enrollment Management at 973-972-5454 or email enrollmentservices@shp.rutgers.edu.